Simple no nosense oven that fits easily into a standard oven housing and has a useful small top oven for quick reheating.

Bad points:

Does not say in the appliance details on the web site that the oven has a cooling fan in it?

Overall rating

9.0

Ease of use

9.0

Design

9.0

Performance

9.0

Features and programmes

9.0

Value for money

9.0

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5 of 5 people found this review helpful

Confirmed purchase:
23 Aug 2011

Ricky, Wolverhampton
Likes to cook

Score 10.0/10

Good points:

Very easy to use, both compartments are very easy to see inside. Quick and easy install.

Bad points:

None.

Overall rating

10.0

Design

10.0

Weight

10.0

Ease of cleaning

10.0

Value for money

10.0

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3 of 3 people found this review helpful

Confirmed purchase:
19 Mar 2012

Bill,
Family Man

Score 7.0/10

Good points:

For us the main reason to get a gas oven is because its carbon footprint is 60% less than electric. This will save about 200kg of CO2 annually (see carbonfootprint.com). In use the oven cooks perfectly, and we think everything is moister than with electric, since the combustion gases contain water vapour. The grill is electric and produces the best pork crackling.

Bad points:

It is difficult to install, requiring both a gas installer and a separate electrician. Technically it does not have an efficiency rating, but in practice it is built identically to its A-rated electric sibling. Sadly there is no gas oven on the market with an on-timer, for fairly obvious reasons.

Overall rating

7.0

Build Quality

7.0

Design

8.0

Value for money

6.0

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2 of 3 people found this review helpful

Confirmed purchase:
17 Sep 2011

Tim, Dorchester

Score 9.0/10

Good points:

Reviewer left no comment

Bad points:

None at the moment

Overall rating

9.0

Build Quality

9.0

Design

8.0

Weight

9.0

Ease of cleaning

8.0

Value for money

8.0

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1 of 2 people found this review helpful

Confirmed purchase:
13 Mar 2012

Don,
OAP couple from Wales

Score 9.0/10

Good points:

Very stylish, not too much s/steel to clean, the handles that you do need to touch have a finish that does not show fingerprints. Not too complicated to use and is working well. Very good value compared to the next competitor and also nice to see the Made in Britain tag....we can do something right after all.

Bad points:

Some have mentioned that the doors do not totally open to the horizontal to allow plates to rest on them. I suspect perhaps this may be a deliberate design however it does make the smaller oven difficult to access when hot. Short people will have to be careful as the angle of the door could catch their arms. Not a deal breaker for me as it is such a good buy, you just need that extra care.

Conventional ovens heat from the bottom so the top of the oven will be slightly hotter than the bottom. This is useful when you’re cooking lots of different dishes at a time. However, they do take a little longer than fan ovens to heat up.

Convection (or fan) ovens circulate the air so that you get an even temperature throughout the oven. They are quicker to heat up which means they save on energy and time.

Multifunction (convection or conventional) ovens give you the flexibility to use different methods of cooking. They usually have both fan and conventional settings as well as pizza settings that will only cook from the bottom, giving you a crispy pizza, or top-only cooking that is very useful for browning.